Greenybollocks (2025 Update)

Dec 30, 2024 Last reply: 1 year ago 24 Replies
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The way I read the provided information, there was no real intention for the thing to be green.

Doing a post analysis in this way, is an unnecessary splitting of hairs. It's like "proving water is wet". Who knew?

That ship has sailed -- in a sense.

The inclusion of dual fuels, is a practical matter regarding fuel availability in the current day. To make the thing dependent on fossil fuels, I don't see how the thing could end up with "religious purity" as a result.

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"With more than 40 MWh of energy storage"

And that was done by Wärtsilä as well, the same company that did the power train for the Glen Sannox.

Paul

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Perhaps a power cable could supply green power that rests on the sea floor and connected to the boat would be a way forward? It would then snake on the sea floor as the ferry goes to and from the mainland port.

A nuclear power plant would be the greenest solution, but hey!

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The solution is right on the Internet.

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"With more than 40 MWh of energy storage"

Would that cost something ? I expect it would :-) That would be the reason it was not done. Cost.

Paul

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I did wonder if that was meant by the poster (who wasn’t NP, my mistake,apologies).

I still think the cable to such a ferry would be vulnerable and wear quickly. The powers that be would likely insist that it has some emergency propulsion on board to stop it being stranded when the cable fails.

GH

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Look up the cost/capacity of the Moss Landing facility in California, that's a benchmark.

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